Fantastic work! Is the pipe in the tower/turret an operating marker? -Mike M.
On 05/08/2009, Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos <[email protected]> wrote: > That's my latest with the hull painted. For those who are interested in teh > color, it is a very retro color, close to French Artillery Green. - Could > be fainted and weathered Olive Green. I used Montana's Gold Series Manila > Light Green (Mat). My other tanks, when painted military green, dark green > or just plain olive green they looked very dark in scale. This one is very > small to be painted by the textbook. Almost impossible to tell if it is > black or green in the shade and at a distance. They say that when you go to > scale , teh color tone should also go to scale. And for those who build > Israeli tanks, MOntana's Manila LIght Green is very close to the particular > Israeli Green. Duck Green or Eggshell Green of the same series appear to be > even more suitable. > > One good thing about the Montana Gold Mat series: They are VERY mat. When > you spray from a distance of 30 -40 cms, and with the can held horizontally, > the color almost dries before it touches teh surface. it dries out in > grains, looking very mat, almost like medium sand paper. This is an effect > most of us like for certain tank surfaces. If you overdo it, sand it > smoothly with a fine sand paper after it dries out and spray a second coat > over it. You will discover that the color grains are very hard to remove, > even with sandpaper. You should expect dirt and grease to stick on the mat > surface, giving a very realistic, veteran finish. However, paint goo will > also stay on the grainy surface and it will be hard to remove, staining your > finely finiahed tank with pink or blue forever. From a close distance and if > you persist, these mat spray colors dry as satin - almost gloss finish. > For the exhaustion pipe, I mixed red-brown mat rust primer with bicabonate > sodium, - two layers and hit it vertically with the brush as it dried out,- > then sprayed lightly the outlet area with mat black. > > > Gotta go to work! > > Chrys (sadly didn;t get rid of the 1:35th modeler bug) > > > > > -- -Mike Måne @ http://moonrcprojects.googlepages.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
